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Private equity firms lose interest in Samsonite 

Private Equity Wire

Samsonite International’s high valuation has put off several private equity firms including, Carlyle Group and KKR & Co, considering a buyout of the luggage manufacturer, opening up the possibility for a dual listing of the company, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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DBS to sell majority stake in AXS to private equity firm Tower Capital Asia

Private Equity Insights

per cent stake in electronic payment services provider AXS to Tower Capital Asia, a private equity firm based in Singapore. when stock market trading closed on Tuesday. when stock market trading closed on Tuesday. DBS Bank has agreed to sell a 77.8 The bank will retain a minority stake of 9.9

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Hargreaves Lansdown, Thoma Bravo, and Brookfield leverage EU’s low valuations

Private Equity Wire

Private equity firms increased their activity in Europe last year, capitalising on the continent’s economic difficulties to acquire large companies at lower valuations, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Walgreens Could Be About to Make a Major Move That Has Investors Thrilled

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See the 10 stocks Going private with a private equity player? 11 report was published by The Wall Street Journal , which wrote that Walgreens management is in discussions with private equity firm Sycamore Partners to take itself private.

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Mutares completes sixth exit of 2024 with Steyr Motors IPO

Private Equity Wire

German private equity firm has completed its sixth exit of the year with the successful stock market debut of portfolio company, Steyr Motors, in the Scale segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 4X0. per share, giving the business a market capitalisation of €82.7m

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CVC Capital Partners to Acquire Japan’s Sogo Medical Group for $1.2bn

Private Equity Insights

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has finalized a deal to acquire Sogo Medical Group, Japan’s fifth-largest pharmacy chain, from Polaris Capital Group for approximately $1.2bn. Read more LDC Exits Cakesmiths with 3x Return LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has agreed to exit its.

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Insight Partners, Clearlake Capital Led Consortium to Take Alteryx Private for $5bn

Private Equity Insights

Symphony Technology Group (STG), another private equity firm, has also been vying for Alteryx and could still try to clinch a deal, one of the sources added. Read more LDC Exits Cakesmiths with 3x Return LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has agreed to exit its.